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Russia Is Using an Army of Bots to Push Fake US Election Videos

Fake videos of celebrities like Taylor Swift and Julia Roberts attacking Democratic candidates have started appearing on X. Stephanie Baker explains how Russian disinformation operators are deploying an army of bots ahead of the US midterm elections. (Source: Bloomberg)

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